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Koufax was raised in a secular Jewish household and did not have a bar mitzvah. Biographer Jane Leavy described him as being a "very Jewish being" who was "very Jewish in his thinking."
Koufax’s refusal to play on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, became a major point of pride for American Jews, who saw that it was possible to live in two cultures at once.
Sep 21, 2023 · In Jane Leavy’s captivating biography, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, she cites a line from the notorious antisemite, Henry Ford: “Jews are not sportsmen.” While Jewish athletes in a ...
- Morton Schapiro
On May 27, 2010, Koufax was included among a group of prominent Jewish Americans at the first White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. On January 23, 2013, the Dodgers hired Koufax as a Special Advisor to team Chairman Mark Walter.
Oct 6, 2013 · Koufax was not religiously observant, and he was known to be seen eating ham sandwiches while on the road. But for him, it was a no-brainer that he wouldn’t pitch on Yom Kippur. After all, it was the first game of the series, not the seventh, and he knew that he could pitch the following day.
- David B. Green
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Jun 17, 2018 · David Sipress writes about his father’s adulation of Sandy Koufax, a pitcher for the Dodgers, whom he describes as “a super smart and handsome Jewish flamethrower from Bensonhurst.”
The 1959 World Series was not the first time that Koufax missed a game in favor of a Jewish holiday. In April 1959, Koufax requested to skip his start on April 22 due to it being the first night of Passover.
